Monroe and Union County Ten Years Ago
A local retrospective mentions D F Belk and family from Gastonia visiting relatives in Buford township, J S Little visiting son J B Little in Newton, and Little’s 30 day leave. Other notes include Cotton mills, a fall on ice injuring Mrs Frances Helms, a proposed town charter amendment, a new musical firm Simms & Harmon, and Rev James Long in Charleston WV. The Rodman Heath mill bought fifty bales from Misses Maggie and Sal Ross of Waxhaw, with 11 15 paid. Police arrested Jeff Dargan for long record. a bridge tax proposal and a recorder’s court plan gain support. pledges for cotton association from several districts. a prof Hamilton anecdote about education and wealth.
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D. F. Belk
Gastonia
Relatves
Buford Township
J. S. Little
J. B. Little
Newton, Esq
Little
J. W. Harvey
Munroe
Macon
Frances 4. Helms
Carmel
Monroe
Aldersien
Simms & Harmon
Frix & Co
James Long
W. G. Long
Long
Virginia
First Baptist Church
Charleston
West Virginia
Rodman-Heath Cotton
Maggie
Sal Ne Ross
Marvin
J. L. Rodman
Waxhaw
Ross
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
Jeff Dargan
Jeff
Express
Atlanta
Tiger
Wadesboro
Monroe Township
Presi
Brown
Cotton Association
M. Parker
H. P. Meigs
Wingate
T. J. Gordon
Tindal
W. A. Eubanks
Trinity
J. W. Lathan
Prospect
Broom
C. C. Hamilton
United States
Prof. Hamilton
Congress
Hamilton
Sehent
Prof
Recall Lane in Oregon sparks recall drive for U S senator
In Portland Oregon a recall move seeks to remove U S Senator Henry Lane over his support of La Follette on armed shipping. Voters and a prominent lumber dealer rally signups and a recall fund is proposed as a special election could be held June 4. The question hinges on whether a U S senator is an Oregon public officer or a federal official.
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Lane
Oregon
Portland
Ore
United States
Henry Lane
Ithia State
Senator LaFollette
Wilson
Asute
John H. Boyd
First Presbyterian Church
Guardsman Sentenced to Five Years for divulging secrets
Paul L. Scharfenberg of St. Paul, a private in the First Minnesota Infantry, was sentenced to five years at Fort Leavenworth after a San Antonio court martial found him guilty of furnishing military information to Germany. A letter said to reveal 10,000,000 Germans in the U.S. were ready to rise if war came, was intercepted by British authorities. Scharfenberg is a native of Germany.
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Minneapolis
Minn
First Minnesota Infantry
Fort Snelling
Paul L. Scharfenberg
St. Paul
L Company
Fort Leavenworth
Kans
San Antonio
Tex
Germany
Washington
Scharfenberg
Telegraph Flood Hits Senators Over Armed Neutrality Vote
Washington March 5 twelve senators who killed the Armed Neutrality Bill were bombarded with telegrams praising and denouncing them from across the nation. Stone faced broad criticism as a traitor with many messages in support and many condemning his course. LaFollette and others reported mixed responses, while some wires praised opposition and others expressed approval or disapproval.
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Washington
Union
Stone
Senator LaFollette
Aim
LaFollette
Capitol
White House
Macting
Wisconsin
O'Gorman
New York
Cummins Eaid
Clapp Sed Works
Senate
Vardaman
Norris
Benedict Arnold
Wilson
Ubers
Missouri
Lansing
Olds Remedy Widely Praised In Macon Illinois
J L Wassey of Macon Illinois praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as his sister’s favorite cold medicine for fifteen years and says it relieves his own colds promptly. The quote underscores the enduring belief in the remedy's effectiveness for respiratory complaints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Wassey
Macon
Chamberlain
Parisian Sage Promises Faster Hair Growth Cure
A Parisian specialist linked dandruff to a microbe and endorses Parisian Sage as a cheap, fragrant liquid treatment to destroy the germ, stop hair loss, and stimulate new growth as sold by English Drug Co and druggists. The ad touts quick, visible results and claims the product makes hair look fuller and more abundant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Sangerbund
Paris
Dr Kings New Discovery Remedy Ad
Vintage advertisement touts Dr Kings New Discovery as a standard cough and cold remedy for 48 years. It claims to soothe irritated membranes and sore throat, with antiseptic action against germs, suitable for coughs croup grippe and other affections. A bottle costs 5 cents at drug stores.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Union County
Hicks
Somerville Journal
Federal Land Banks
McAdon
Tia
Benton's
Vier
Berlin
Amsterdam
London
Mexican Alliance
Mexico
Zillmermann
America
Preas
Partizan of America
House
Marshville
E. H. Moore
North Carolina
Order of Ralway
Grand Division
Seattle
Stoor J
Jim Austin
Mr. Austin
Marsh-Lee Company
Chicago
Jim
Volprghtech
Olfer
Frannie S$. Hallman
Carnegle Hero Fund Commission
Tom Caudle
F. O. Caudle
O ‘Olds
Sikes Stables
Sikes-Sanders Co
the Savings, Loan and Trust Company
R. B. Redwine
H. B. Clark
Philadelphia Life Insurance Company
Gordon Insurance & Investment CO
Henderson Garage & Machine Co
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